Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Average Temperature Rankings, December 2011
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 2011 1-Month |
42.8°F (6.0°C) | 43.1°F (6.2°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 53rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2009 | 1932, 1990 |
| 73rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 1958 | ||||
| Ties: 1899, 1945, 2001 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 2011 2-Month |
45.5°F (7.5°C) | 46.3°F (7.9°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 40th Coolest | Coolest since: 2003 | 1994 |
| 86th Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 1995 | ||||
| Ties: 1912 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 2011 3-Month |
50.8°F (10.4°C) | 50.7°F (10.4°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 57th Coolest | Coolest since: 2009 | 1916 |
| 69th Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 1995, 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1944, 1954, 1969, 1992 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 2011 4-Month |
56.2°F (13.4°C) | 55.2°F (12.9°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 2009 | 1916 |
| 35th Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1934, 2019 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 2011 5-Month |
60.0°F (15.6°C) | 58.9°F (14.9°C) |
1.1°F (0.7°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2010 | 1916 |
| 31st Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1934, 1966 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 2011 6-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 61.5°F (16.4°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 88th Coolest | Coolest since: 2007 | 1916 |
| 38th Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1979, 2007 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 2011 7-Month |
63.0°F (17.2°C) | 62.5°F (16.9°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 2004 | 1916 |
| 45th Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2014, 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1921, 1934, 1942, 1997, 2000, 2004 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 2011 8-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 62.2°F (16.8°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1998 | 1916 |
| 71st Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1896, 1942, 1961, 1993 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 2011 9-Month |
61.3°F (16.3°C) | 61.3°F (16.3°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 2010 | 1916 |
| 71st Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1951, 1967, 1970, 1976, 2010 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 2011 10-Month |
60.1°F (15.6°C) | 60.1°F (15.6°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 2010 | 1912 |
| 67th Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1921, 1970, 1985, 2010 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 2011 11-Month |
58.5°F (14.7°C) | 58.7°F (14.8°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 44th Coolest | Coolest since: 1998 | 1911 |
| 82nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1898, 1930 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 2011 12-Month |
57.4°F (14.1°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1998 | 1911 |
| 68th Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1904, 1914, 1962 | ||||||
|
Jul 2010–Dec 2011 18-Month |
59.1°F (15.1°C) | 58.7°F (14.8°C) |
0.4°F (0.3°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1998 | 1912 |
| 52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1954, 1994 | ||||||
|
Jan 2010–Dec 2011 24-Month |
57.6°F (14.2°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 1999 | 1912 |
| 56th Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1931, 1932, 1962, 1979 | ||||||
|
Jan 2009–Dec 2011 36-Month |
58.0°F (14.4°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1913 |
| 39th Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jan 2008–Dec 2011 48-Month |
58.2°F (14.6°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1912, 1914 |
| 30th Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1960, 1981, 1987, 1991 | ||||||
|
Jan 2007–Dec 2011 60-Month |
58.4°F (14.7°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 101st Coolest | Coolest since: 2002 | 1912, 1913 |
| 21st Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1990, 1992, 1995, 2000 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2020, retrieved on February 23, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/